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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-21
MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL
How the Canadian Pacific Benefits BY
the Operation of the Interstate Law.
Senator Pasco Considers Cleveland Thor
ough Democrat and Thinks He Will
Be Observation-Disclosures Granted.
MIR. CLEVELAND A DEMOCRAT.
Views of FIorida's New Senator on His Re
nomination-The Colored Vote.

Views of FIorida's New Senator on His Re-
nomination-The Colored Vote.
Washington Special.
Senator ELECT Pasco. of Florida speaking of
Mr.. Cleveland. to-day said: MIR. Cleve-
land in my opinion, is a thorough Demo
crat. In company with Senator CALL
spent the day with the President at his beauti-
full country residence, Oak View. Mr.. Cleve-
land struck as man very easy Oh approach.
1 could discover nothing ostentatous about him.
He lives plainly and democratically. OF course at
Oak View he is free from official care. and
ceive his friends with more freedom than he could
properly at the White House. Our visit was
purely social. We did not talk politics. was
very much impressed with the Presidents home.
It's quiet; and then the surrounding country
presents such changing panorama to the eye.
You can see the Capitol in the distance. | think
the President showed excellent taste when he
selected the place.
do you think he will be renominated2'
Eyes. / don't why he shouldn't be. He
has made an excellent President. His appoint
ments, especially in our State, have given gen.
era satisfaction. The colored people salts
fed. Their fears Save been removed. You
know when Cleveiand's election became fully
settled the colored people were under the inn
preston that the election of a Democratic
President meant ruin to their people-that
everything they had was to be taken from them.
But they soon found out that they mis-
taken, and they are having better time than
under the Repub lican rule"
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SHOT AND KILLED By HER SON.
Frank Lightfoot Mistakes His Mother for q
Burglar and Fires with Fatal Aim.
epecia, to the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MARIoN. Aug. 2O-About midnight last night
Mrs. Newton Lightfoot was shot and killed by
Der son, Frank Lightfoot, under the most tragic
and deplorable circumstances. The scene Of tha
sad occurrence the south limits OF
this county, eighteen miles southwest of this
city. When Newton Lightfoot left home yes
terday morning, to be gone over night, he
quested his son Frank, who lives on an adjoin-
ing farm, to come over and spend the
night at his house. Frank came and
brought a pistol. When the family
retired their protector gave warning that if any
of them arose during the ight they should first
call him, as he did not propose taking chances
on suspicious visitors. About midnight
Mrs. Lightfoot heard commotiou
among the stock ar tie barn and went to investi-
gate She had not given the stipulated notice
and she returned her son was awakened by
her footsteps. As she entered he fred.
weltering in her blood The dying woman
vowed that it was her fault and
that her son not to be blamed 1t was
found that the bullet had entered her right side.
Death resulted in twenty minutes. Coroner J.
L. Lord Vas notified by telephone
and left this afternoon for the scene
of the tragedy to hole an inquest The deceased
was about sixty years old, the mother of large
family and q most excellent woman. Her
whiting SLAYER is not censured. but the unfortu-
uate affair is widely and deeply deplored. The
family is one of high standing and of consider
able wealth
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MINOR MATTERS.
List of, Indianians Whose Applications fl
Pansion Have Been Granted.

List of, Indianians Whose Applications for
Pension Have Been Granted.
Washington Special
Pensions have been granted the following
named Indianians:
Margaret, widow of Jefferson H. Winders,
ders, Huff; Martha F.. widow of Davis Jones.
Anderson; Samuel Mcbride, Rel; A. Fl. Steele,
Lafayette; silas NJ Holcomb. FIT Branch. Will
Jacksonville; M. Hiram Utley, Fort Wayne
Zezie widow of John OFT, Carlisle; Samuel
Shit Shit L Larwill; Moses B CUR Wakarus a
Vow, Westfeld: Simpson B. Dickerson
Lebanon Jonah Corsen, Fort Wayne; James j.
Brady, Ryan: Susan j.. widow of Thomas Phil
lips Monon; Mary E.. widow of Alias NJ. Mills.
Brookvlle; Rachel, widow of Jos. l.. Nichols,
Whitesville VIM. T. Putnam. Briehtwood; ia
cob J. Halderman. Elkhart VIM. H. Showalter,
Lewisville; Thomas Shoey, Brockfeld Patrick
Flannery, Radnor: Adam r: Nye, Winamac;
Alex. n. Lindsey, Needmore; William w. Bales.
Danvile; William Brock, Freetown
Increase-Wm. Heply. Bloomington; James
W. Davis, Bremen; VIM. L. Allen, Farmers
burg David w. Slonaker, Albany; VIM. David
son. Petersburg; VIM B. Gray. Bean Blossom
Fort Branch: Geo. W. Barker, Edinbure; John
Turner. Guthrie; David A. Tucker, Mlllhousen;
John 81. Tom. Muncie: Calvin Stalcup Bloom
field; John Manson. Portland; Marion G. Nc
Dowell. Lafayette; Daniel Alton, Bicknell Jas.
B. Fox. New Trenton; John 6. Given. Mexico;
VIM. P Noel. Star City; synoon M.
Slosson, Lokahnpot.. ANUS Vi euey. lnatioh,
Joseph B. Stimson. Martinsville: Daniel Hanna,
Turkey Creek; Enoch NJ. B. Smelling. Hart
ford Sam lei Garrison, Clay City; Paul Dus-
sells, Bristol; David M. Painter, Middletown:
Hiram Colegrove, Edwardsport; Samuel Ray.
PONY; JAS. G. Olinger. St Louis Crossing; Isaac
Guthrie, Campbesburg Josiah A.. ward of
Michael Rusk. Milligan; Enoch Fuller. Bloom
ington; Elliotts Palmer, Henry G. Munger, La
grange; VIM. McLarin, Brazil; iona Poe,
Marengo; Geo. w. Cation, Montmorency; Geo.
Simons. CARROTS; Jas. g. Baker. insane,
Indianapolis; John o. Lamb. Elkhart; Benz
Mcbride, Medora; Richard buddy, North Indi-
anapolis Geo. r. Romine. Columbus; Isaac Mil
Ter, Lafayette VIM. W. Largent. Independence;
Jas Snyder, Doolittle Mills; f. G. Lloyd
Greensburg; John F. Newell, Perryville; Edward
Condo, Fort Ritner. Jas. E. Stackwell. Mooney;
Andrew P. Miller, Brooklyn Robert C. Thorn
ton. Clay City.
Reissues, Etc-Jos. o. Swigert, Indianapolis;
M. McNew Perknsville; Andrew J. Davis. Ne
braska; c. Bennett English; John Blessing
Shelbyville; Samuel Roach, Wilmington.
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BULGARIA,s PRINCE.
Ferdinand Takes Up the Line of Policy That
Brought Alexander to Grief

Ferdinand Takes Up the Line of Policy That
Brought Alexander to Grief.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
LONDON, Aug 20.-Prince Ferdinand, of
Coburg, has taken the plunge. He has taken
up the policy which Prince Alexander was COM
PEELED by sinister influence to relinquish and
the omens not very favorable. One party
in the Ministry favors his rule, while the other
strongly opposes it. and he will find that he has
TO deal with headstrong, If not intractable ma
terial. Prince Alexander had the advantage of
being beloved by the people, and if he had not
lost his nerve he might have braved Russia with
a solid country at his back. but his successor
will find Bulgaria split into parties that will
unite against external enemy but will fight
savagely internal affairs OF these divis-
ions Russia will take all the advantage she can
get Prince Ferdinand must show much more
remarkable qualities than the world believes
him possessed of if he is to hold his
own. Apparently the Bulgarians them
selves not very enthusiastic over their
prince, and would be glad to see Alexander
back again. Alexander is said to have remarked
that he hoped to return TO Bulgaria, but not
until a certain event had happened in Germany"
1t ia reported that the illness of Crown Prince
Frederick William of Germany FASTENED the
action of the Regents in selecting prince. and
caused Prince Ferdinand to overlook the claims
of Prince Alexander.
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
DIR. HIacISenzie's Latest Report on the Thro
of Prince Frederick William

DIR. HIackenzie's Latest Report on the Throat
of Prince Frederick William.
Copyright 1887 by the New York Associated Press.
BERLIN. Aug. 20.-Dr. Mackenzie. the Crown
Princes English physician, has sent to the New
York Associated Press correspondent here a
special report of the Princes present condition.
The progress made, he says, is quite satisfac-
tory, and there is every prospect for perma-
nent cure of the Princes maady. On the other
hand, il appears from the Doctors report that
the curative process will be slow, and that while
there is at present recurrence of the growth
in the Princes throat, it is not unlikely that
there will be a regrowth several occasions be-
fore q permanent cure is effected. The most
troublesome feature of the case, the Doctor
says, is the constant disposition to
take cold, or, rather, the predisposition
to congestion of the mucous membrane
of the larnyx, occurring in different of the
organ, and to obviate this DIR. Mckenzie will
recommend that the Crown Prince pass the
greater part Of the coming winter at Venice
Pecli. He will also advise the Prince to abstain
from using his voice as much as possible. The
Crown Prince will attend none of the military
manRuvres this year.
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Mysterious Shooting of w. S. Babcook.

CHICAGO, Aug 20,-At o'clock this morning
a Chicago 81 Alton train stopped at the Twenty
third street station. and stretcher, on which
middle-aged N an lay, pale-faced and evidently
very weak from loss of blood, was removed to
his home, No 3 Park place. The man was Wal
ter S. Babcock, senior member of the firm of
Babcock & Wheeler, lumber dealers He is
suffering from a wound in the breast, received
sometime early this morning at Gardner, ILL.,,
where he had been spending the night. The
wound is fatal one. DR.. Anderson, who probed
for the ball. discovered jagged wound in the
RICH breast. The ball could not be located
Babcock is fifty-ive years old and prominent
Republican His friends are very retcent about
the cause of the shooting. He went to Gardener
to trade his property on Lake Park for farm.
At 4 o'clock this morning he entered physi-
clans Office in Gardner and had his wound ex-
amined refusing to explain how he received it.
Reporters are refused admission to his house
To he
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A Big Strawhoard Pool.


AKRON, o., Aug. 2o-Tne Union Strawboard
Company. of the United States. an organization
of strawboard manufacturers who produce about
ninety five per cent. of the product of the coun-
try, have just made deal which will result in
the formation of one OF the strongest trusts in
the land. The announcement made here
to-day that the Akron strawboard-works. which
employs $50 men and adds nearly $3.50, 900 a
year to tire wealth of Akron and sur
rounding country, had sold out to the Union
Strawboard Company and was to be shut down
indefinitely. Information obtained in the
same connection that the syndicate had also
bought out other strawboard plants Hereto
it's members, and it's directors have from time
to prevent rapid accumulation of surplus prod
uct. In spite of this there is still about
third strawboard made than
be marketed. 1t therefore decided
to buy outright and to shut
down, probably permanently, the following
mills. for which negotiations have Just been COM
pleted, the age regate purchase price being $780,,
600; Akron strawboard-works, Akron, Ohio;
Lyons paper mills, Lyons. Pa. and strawboard
works at Upper Sandusky, Ohio; Tippecanoe
City. Ohio; Hamilton. Ohio; Kankakee. ILL.,;
Wooster. Ohio, and Rockford, III. The mem bers
of the syndicate argue that this move will pre-
vent overproduetion, and will permit the running
of the remaining seventeen mills the year round
They argue. further, that under the combnations
management strawboards can be made cheaper
than ever. The mills which remain active are
the best equipped in the country.
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Deaf Mute Killed by a Train.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
KoKoMo, Ind. Aug. 20.-Geo. Parker, deaf
mute, aged thirty-five years, while walking on
the Lake Erie e Western track from Fairfield
to Kokomo, this afternoon, was struck by the
Panhandle express coming north, two miles
south of this place, and torn and mangled be-
yond recognition except by his clothing and the
contents of his valise. The train was running
about forty miles hour, and it was impossi-
BILE to stop after the engineer discovered that he
not going to leave the track. Parker was
born in Rush county, this State. and has sis
ter-in-law. Mrs. Melissa Hart. living here, and a
brother and sister in Hoopeston Ill., He
peddler of notions, and resided either here or at
Hoopeston. He will % buried at Alto.
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Good Gas Well at spiceland.

Special to the Ipn1anapoIs JournaI
SPIoELAND, Ind, Aug. 20-Last evening
Trenton rock was reached in we'll No. q at
depth Of 90S feet. Gas was found on top of the
rock and continued to increase until a distance
of sixteen feetin Trenton rock was reached, when
the force became SO strong the baler would not
go to the bottom, and the drilling was ordered
stopped. The supply Of gas is SO large and the
force so strong that the gas company decided il
was net necessary to '.shootn the well. The
roar OF the escaping gas can be heard miles Ia
the adjacent country, and there 10 no doubt Of
the supply of this well being sufficient for all
the needs of this town. Well No. i is sending
forth volume ef gas almost if not entirely.
sufficient to supply the town. Arrangements
will be made At once to pipe the town, and the
fuel and light of the town the coming winter
will be natural gas.
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Total
.$23,7S6,3OO

This leaves nominal surplus of $7,306 $40,
but in the assets it will be that the assignee
has placed 81, 800, 900 Cincinnati. Hamilton &c
Dayton preferred stock given to Robert Garrett.
What could be realized on the q, 906 shares of
the common is question that can only be
solved by attempt to sell the securities,
and the same can be said of the 104, 401 shares
of Dayton, Fort Wayne & Chicago. The large
blocks of United Statesbonds are all hypothecat-
ed. and, it will be discovered ARE the only colat
eral in the large loans In fact, it is extremely
unlikely that anything will be left after the
payment of the secured loans, which al
collateral. The situation Is made all the
worse by the fact that the railroad stocks de-
pend in a great measure for their value upon
the hope of realizing something after the
cured loans were paid off. The 400 share of New
York Central were borrowed in the Stock Ex-
change and put in among other collaterals, in
order to 'sweeten them" as the street puts it.
The great item in the unsecured liabilities is the
deposits, which amount to over So. 600, 900, and
represent the assets of the railroads which were
deposited with Ives. The largest creditor is the
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, whose claim is
for about S., 600 900. If this proves total loss
then the stock is practically worthless.
Henry S. Ives and his partner, Mr.. Staynor,
were in consultation to-day with their assignee.
w. FL. Cromwell. It was rumored that the sub
jects discussed related to the Mineral Range
Railroad Company, of which Staynor was presi-
dent and Ives vice president, secretary and
treasurer. and that both Ives and Staynor had
resigned. The stockholders of the road will
hold a meeting Tuesday, when assignee
Cromwell will the proxies held by Ives and
Staynor, by which these gentlemen elected
themselves to Office.
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CONTEST OF THE DE PAUw WILL.
Strong Probability that Compromise VIII
Be Made with MS. McIntosh.

Strong Probability that a Compromise WiI
Be Made with MS. Mcintosh
New Albany Special
Comment regarding the action of the late
Washington G. De PAW in giving bis eldest
daughter, Airs. Mary Ellen Mcintosh, such small
allowance compared with that of other member
of the family increases Those OF the dead mill
ionares Immediate friends who are in position
to know say that Mr.. De PAW had sufficient
reasons for the course he pursued, and further
had too much executive ability to allow any
member of bis family to influence him in any
way. Articles appearing in the papers pub
lished outside of the city border considerably on
sensation alism and not credited by those
VINO know the facts While it is admitted that
Mrs. Mcintosh has not been provided for as she
should have been. the family circle do not intend
that she her children shall suffer. She is said
to be a woman of exceedingly refined dis position,
of finished manners and accomplis hments
though somewhat unpretentious. The sympa-
thy of the people tends strongly to be with her,
and while she seems somewhat Inundated at the
thought of so much notoriety over the course she
has taken to set aside the will claimed to be
unduly executed, it is thought that the suit will
be Withdrawn and the matter arnicably settled.
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Couldn't Resist a Chicago Man.

LONDON, Aug. 20-Colier, of Chicago, has
succeeded in obtaining appointment for an
audience with the Queen at Osborne House next
week, when he will present the jubilee address
of the Chicago people of British birth and
parentage. Mr.. Golfers success In obtaining an
audience with the Queen is unprecedented as
her Majesty refused TO personally receive over
eight thousand addresses of a similar character.
Mr.. Sinclair a member of the House of Com
mons, who has large business interests in Chi
cago. Cincinnati and Kansas City, presented Mr..
Collier TO tn 70 Home Secretary and urged his
reasons for making an exception in Mr.. Golfers
forcibly that Mr. Matthews spared no
efforts to obtain the Queens consent to receive
Mr. Colfier
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Stolen Property Recovered.

JERSEY CITY. n. j.. Aug. 20.-The Jersey City
police received information, last week. that led
them to believe that the property stolen from
the safe of Fairchild e. Co., of New Haven, on
the night of July IL last, was secreted in the
house occupied by George Feth, the burglar ar
rested on Aug 9. Although a search had
been made of the premises at the time of
Feith's arrest, two weeks ago, none of the miss
ing property was found. Yesterday detectives
revisited the house and made another search
Underneath some planks in the alley were indi-
cations of fresh earth. The ground opened
and rubber bag was found containing all of the
stolen iewelry, valued at Sl2, 900.
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Edinburg, the former home of the Senator. and
L. NJ. Hoshour. of this place. charged with being
the leaders of the mob who rescued Riddleberger
The other indictment was made against Deputy
Sheriff Hotel for znsdemeanor Hotel, who
was staying in the same room at the jail with
Riddleberger when the mob came and demanded
the keys and then pried the door off, made
resistance, though armed. What will come of
the case is not known, but the general opinion
here is that no one will be convicted. Senator
Riddlebereer is much better. and it is expected,
will return to the Jail the first of next week and
serve his remaining three days.
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TO BE RUN BIZ SYNDICATES.

Peoria Distiller Tells About the Whisky
Trust and What It Proposes to Do.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PEORIA, ILL.,, Aug. 20.-Some of the particulars
in the great whisky trust were given to your
correspondent this afternoon. 1t has excited
the greatest curiosity and surprise all over the
Mnion, and in order to present all the facts pos
sible prominent distiller of this city inter
viewed No man can tell what anyone else is
securing until he gets into the trust. The doors
are closed. In answer to the query of what the
trust is, the distiller said 'It is to
be run the same as the Standard
Oil Company and the Cotton-seed and Oil thrust
In the first place, the distiller puts valuation
upon his house; then committee is appointed
to examine into it. He turns his property
to nine trustees The nine trustees Adolph
Woolner J. B. Greenhut and John w. Francis,
Peoria; Warren Corning Cleveland; Wm Ho-
bert, L. j. Gaff. jr., and Geo. Duckworth Gin
cinnatti; NJ. Henpesy, Chicago, and A. Beavis.
St. Louis These nine trustees have formed the
following organizations: President, j. B. Green
hut, Peoria; secretary, Geo. Gibson, Peoria;
treasurer VIM. Hobart, Cincinnati. After a
mans distillery has been appraised the owner
turns 1t to these nine trustees for
their use for twenty-five years and receives in
lieu thereof trust certificates. In some instances
he receives 81 in certificates for dollar of
valuation; in others, dollar for dollar, and in
others a less sum. After man turns his prop
1t is the intention of the trust to regulate the
production Of whisky that these certificates
will pay from to 10 per cent The dstlers
that have not Joined the trust here are: Bush
& Brown, Clark Brothers, the Great Eastern
and G. T. Barker; also, the Enterprise
dstillery of Pekn The capital of the trust
is pretty well up in the millions,
some say as high as $40 900 00O Yesterday all the
employees i'll the houses that in the trust
told that they must look for their wages to
the trust, as they were longer working for
individuals, but for the trust. Wages will pro-
baby be reduced from 10 to 20 per cent. at
The object of the trust, whose headouar-
tiers are in Peoria, is to convince the distiers
that whisky can be made cheaper in Peoria than
anywhere else. 1t is supposed by some mem
bers of the organization that it will tend to a
large amount of illicit distllation and traffic in
whisky, as 1t is the aim of the trust to put the
price up high that it Will. in reality, be bid
for smuggling
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Losses by Fire.

PITTsBURG, Aug. 2O--Crawford's planing-mill.
on Hers island, near here, was totally destroyed
by fire at o'clock this morning Loss. $4,000
partially insured.
SUNMAN, Ind, Aug 20-Christ Rossler's
frame dwelling Spades station, burned
this evening. with contents Loss, 81, 600: in
sured fer 5000 in the German Mutual. Cause,
defective hue.
ST. Louis, Aug 20.-A fire in the southern
part of the city this evening destroyed the plan
ipg-mill Geo. G. Fox, the box factory Kaiser e
Bro, large blacksmith shop and two dwell
ings. Loss between $40. 900 and $50, 000
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Slain NV His Son.

INDIANA, Pa, Aug. GOWN Byers. this morn
ing shot and instantly killed his father John s.
Byers. The Byers lived about nine miles north
of Indiana The father wanted the to pillow,
and an alteration occurred, resulting in the
son, aged nineteen. drawing a revolver and
shooting the father through the heart. The
son claims the shooting was in self defense. He
was arrested and brought here to jail. The
neigh borhood is excited, aud there talk of
lynchng the patricde.
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Death of Cieyeland,s Substitute.

BATH, N. Y, Aug. 20-George Brinski, the
man who claimed to have served three years In
the Union army during the war OF the rebellion
a substitute for Grover Cleveland died in the
Soldiers Home here at 1870 yesterday
sailor. aged sixty years. and claimed to have
been sworn in as Mr. Cleveland's substitute when
he was drafted in Buffalo. in 1863.
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Anti-Prohibition Republioans.

DIES MoINEs Ia, Aug. pa mass-meeting
of anti Prohibi tion Republicans was held last
night nominate independent candidates for
the Legislature. About l25 wellknown Repub-
licans participated in 1T. and A. b Cummings.
one Of the aeadine Republican lawyers of
city, and Adam Baker, an alderman at large in
the City Council, were nominated as Legislative
candidates. a platform pledg them to sup
port all Republican principles except prohibit
ton; to vote for Republican for the United